WILD CARDS

LAZY DRAGON
(Ben Choy/Tienbao)

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
12	STR	2	11-	Lift 132 kg; 2d6 HTH Damage [2]
14	DEX	12	12-	OCV:  5/DCV:  5
15	CON	10	12-
13	BODY	6	12-
13	INT	3	12-	PER Roll 12-
13	EGO	6	12-	ECV:  4
10	PRE	0	11-	PRE Attack:  2d6
10	COM	0	11-

4	PD	2		Total:  4 PD (0 rPD)
3	ED	0		Total:  3 ED (0 rED)
3	SPD	6		Phases:  4, 8, 12
5	REC	0
30	END	0
27	STUN	0		Total Characteristic Cost:  47

Movement:	Running:	6"/12"
		Leaping:	2"/4"
		Swimming:	2"/4"

Cost	Powers & Skills
35	Animated Sculptures:  Multiform (350 Character Points in the most expensive form) 
	(x8 Number Of Forms), Reversion (+1/4); Leaves Insensate And Helpless Body Of Flesh Behind (-1), 
	Concentration (0 DCV; -1/2), IIF (animal sculptures; -1/4), Extra Time (Full Phase, Only 
	to Activate, -1/4)

	Perks
4	Contact:  Fadeout (Contact has significant Contacts of his own) 12-

	Skills
2	CK: Chinatown 11-
2	CK: New York City 11-
3	KS: Chinese History 12-
2	KS: Origami 11-
1	KS: Shadow Fist Society 8-
0	Language:  Cantonese (idiomatic; literate)
5	Language:  English (idiomatic; literate)
7	PS: Origami 16-
5	PS: Sculptor 14-
3	Streetwise 11-

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  69
Total Cost:  116

50+	Disadvantages
10	Hunted:  Shadow Fist Society 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, Watching)
0	Normal Characteristic Maxima No Age Restriction
10	Psychological Limitation:  Dislike Of White Society (Common, Moderate)
15	Psychological Limitation:  Impulsive (Common, Strong)
31	Experience Points
116	Total Disadvantage Points

Description: Lazy Dragon (he gets his name from a Chinese folk hero) is of average height and build, standing 5'7" and weighing 140 lbs. He usually has a dreamy expression on his face. Dragon's power is the ability to animate small figures of animals into full grown representations of these creatures. He must first create the figurine, either via folded paper or by sculpting something such as a bard of soap, a potato, or a carrot. He then projects his consciousness into the figurine, resulting in a full-sized real animal. When he does this his original body falls inert, looking as if he's sleeping. So far, he has created a mouse, a cat, a tiger, a polar bear, and a Chinese dragon (in 20' and 40' lengths). The creatures are for all intents and purposes "real" and can be killed (at which point his mind returns to his original body). Presumably, if you killed his body, he'd have to live in his animal form for as long as possible.

The value given for his Multiform pool is an arbitrary figure. It will let you build most animals, although a full-sized 40’ dragon might be a bit tough. Game Master's should assign a value that suits them. Also note the animal forms retain Lazy Dragon's INT score.

Campaign Use and Designer’s Notes: You might want to use Duplication instead of Multiform. I built the Multiform from the Ultimate Mystic version of Astral Projection. In any event, Lazy Dragon can easily be built up from 116 points, simply by upping his base characteristics (especailly CON, PD, and ED), giving him martial arts, and assorted related skills. Now you have a rather unusual Ninja Hero character—one who may know all the kung fu styles of his animal forms or may turn into animals associated with the classic kung fu styles (i.e. monkey, snake, mantis, leopard...).

Lazy Dragon's Hero Designer File

(Lazy Dragon created by William F Wu, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)


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